Has equity in government subsidy on healthcare improved in China? Evidence from the China’s National Health Services Survey

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of sampling data and socioeconomic characteristics by per capita expenditure quintiles

Year	Income quintiles	per capita expenditure ^a,b		Insurance rate (%)		% of outpatients receiving imbursement		% of inpatients receiving imbursement		Outpatient OOP ^a,b		Inpatient OOP ^a,b
Year	Income quintiles	urban	rural	urban	rural	urban	rural	urban	rural	urban	rural	urban	rural
2002	Q₁	4059.86	3648.69	18.89	5.04	17.14	2.78	9.52	18.75	535.21	232.73	2339.55	575.42
	Q₂	6856.98	5650.99	30.76	7.85	21.74	7.32	23.81	9.09	257.08	472.83	2317.79	1565.06
	Q₃	10359.93	7572.59	36.42	9.14	29.41	7.46	44.74	11.11	314.89	540.44	3050.69	1857.69
	Q₄	16039.95	10004.23	48.61	12.87	24.68	5.19	56.52	6.38	470.98	808.41	3407.48	2764.67
	Q₅	41451.14	16793.03	52.96	13.92	25.71	3.85	54.00	4.08	542.62	1065.09	5779.82	2776.86
	total	15747.00	8731.38	37.51	9.75	24.66	5.35	43.75	8.00	423.76	700.00	4243.90	2283.90
2007	Q₁	6660.52	6648.07	26.79	84.96	11.76	40.00	22.22	75.00	271.82	255.04	3315.79	1857.33
	Q₂	9991.07	9728.19	36.86	89.19	14.67	19.47	31.03	72.73	353.45	247.77	2763.45	2283.42
	Q₃	13350.52	12281.31	45.07	89.66	40.30	25.66	43.59	77.11	415.12	295.48	3120.64	2591.91
	Q₄	18358.27	15648.48	49.59	89.23	30.43	26.61	49.18	72.90	572.21	217.23	3488.25	2346.19
	Q₅	37131.60	26416.39	69.74	93.64	49.51	25.19	56.32	67.23	533.02	322.15	10074.57	4593.18
	total	17094.69	14145.80	45.96	89.34	31.61	26.43	46.58	71.62	452.49	269.54	5761.21	3213.14

Data source: author’s calculations of household surveys
^aAll expenditures are presented in CNY
^bAll 2002 nominal prices have been adjusted to real prices in 2007 according to China’s Consumer Price Index (CPI)

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